Antonyms for in flexible
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : in-flek-suh-buhl |
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈflɛk sə bəl |
- abnormal
- accepting
- afraid
- agreeable
- alterable
- ambiguous
- amenable
- avoidable
- bendable
- bending
- bland
- broad
- broad-minded
- broken
- calm
- careless
- caring
- casual
- cautious
- changeable
- changing
- cheerful
- comfortable
- compassionate
- compatible
- complacent
- compliant
- compromising
- conceding
- concerned
- consistent
- consonant
- controllable
- cooperative
- corrupt
- cowardly
- curved
- deceitful
- deferential
- delaying
- delicate
- dependable
- deviating
- different
- diluted
- dishonest
- disloyal
- disordered
- disorderly
- disorganized
- disputable
- dissimilar
- distant
- divergent
- doubtful
- dubious
- easy
- easy-going
- eccentric
- elaborate
- elastic
- encouraging
- ending
- escapable
- even
- exaggerated
- exotic
- extravagant
- facile
- fair
- false
- fearful
- feeling
- fickle
- flat
- flexible
- following
- foreign
- fortuitous
- fragile
- free
- friendly
- funny
- generous
- gentle
- giving
- graceful
- half-hearted
- happy
- harmonious
- healthy
- helpful
- hesitant
- imbalanced
- impartial
- impermanent
- imprecise
- improper
- in disrepair
- inaccurate
- incautious
- inconsistent
- inconstant
- incontinuous
- incorrect
- indefinite
- indifferent
- indirect
- indulgent
- inexact
- informal
- insecure
- interested
- intermittent
- involuntary
- irregular
- irresolute
- kind
- lackadaisical
- laid-back
- later
- lax
- left-wing
- lenient
- liberal
- light
- limber
- loose
- luxurious
- malleable
- manageable
- meek
- merciful
- mild
- mindful
- mixed
- mobile
- moderate
- movable
- moving
- mutable
- negligent
- new
- nice
- noncompulsory
- nonviolent
- normal
- obedient
- obscure
- open
- open-minded
- original
- patient
- peaceful
- placable
- pleasant
- pliable
- pliant
- postponing
- preventable
- procrastinating
- progressive
- prone
- questionable
- radical
- reasonable
- reconcilable
- relaxed
- remorseful
- resilient
- responsive
- rough
- sensitive
- sentimental
- shakable
- shy
- simple
- slack
- slipshod
- slow
- smiling
- smooth
- sober
- soft
- spending
- spendthrift
- spontaneous
- steady
- stopping
- strange
- submissive
- subordinate
- supple
- surrendering
- susceptible
- sympathetic
- tame
- temperate
- temporary
- tender
- tentative
- timid
- tolerant
- tractable
- twisted
- unalike
- unattached
- unbiased
- uncareful
- uncaring
- uncertain
- uncommon
- unconfident
- unconfined
- unconventional
- uncrowded
- uncustomary
- undecided
- undependable
- understanding
- undetermined
- unestablished
- uneven
- unfair
- unfixed
- unforced
- unique
- unjust
- unlike
- unlikely
- unlimited
- unmethodical
- unprejudiced
- unreliable
- unrestricted
- unscrupulous
- unsealed
- unsettled
- unstable
- unsteady
- unsuitable
- unsure
- unsystematic
- untraditional
- untroubled
- untrue
- untrustworthy
- unusual
- unwilling
- vague
- variable
- varied
- varying
- voluntary
- vulnerable
- warm
- wasting
- wavering
- weak
- wide
- willing
- wobbly
- wrong
- yielding
Definition of in flexible
Origin :- late 14c., "incapable of being bent, physically rigid," also figuratively, "unbending in temper or purpose," from Middle French inflexible and directly from Latin inflexibilis, from inflexus, past participle of inflectere (see inflect). In early 15c. an identical word had an opposite sense, "capable of being swayed or moved," from in- "in, on." Related: Inflexibly.
- As in inevitable : adj certain; cannot be avoided
- As in inexorable : adj cruel, pitiless
- As in inflexible : adj stubborn
- As in inflexible : adj hardened, stiff
- As in intolerant : adj impatient, prejudiced
- As in invariable : adj not changing
- As in ironclad : adj fixed, rigid
- As in irreconcilable : adj hostile, conflicting
- As in mulish : adj obstinate
- As in narrow : adj intolerant, small-minded
- As in obdurate : adj pigheaded, stubborn
- As in obstinate : adj stubborn, determined
- As in opinionated : adj believing very strongly and conveying it
- As in pigheaded : adj stubborn
- As in austere : adj severe in manner
- As in precise : adj meticulous, fastidious
- As in relentless : adj cruel, merciless
- As in resolute : adj determined, strong-willed
- As in rigid : adj stiff, strict, severe
- As in rigorous : adj severe; exact
- As in rocky : adj rugged, stony
- As in balky : adj uncooperative
- As in severe : adj uncompromising, stern
- As in starchy : adj formal, stiff
- As in staunch : adj resolute, dependable
- As in steadfast : adj loyal, steady
- As in stern : adj serious, authoritarian
- As in stiff : adj formal, standoffish
- As in stony : adj hard, icy in appearance, response
- As in straight : adj aligned; not curved
- As in stringent : adj rigid, tight
- As in stubborn : adj obstinate, unyielding
- As in tenacious : adj strong, unyielding
- As in tight : adj close, snug
- As in tough : adj sturdy, strong
- As in tough : adj obstinate, rough
- As in unbending : adj rigid, tough
- As in unchangeable : adj constant, steadfast
- As in uncompromising : adj stubborn
- As in uniform : adj consistent
- As in unyielding : adj steadfast, resolute
- As in willful : adj stubborn, obstinate
- As in intransigent : adj uncompromising
- As in hard-and-fast : adj strict
- As in pig-headed : adj stubborn
- As in all-or-nothing : adj accepting no less than everything
- As in callous : adj cruel, insensitive
- As in hard-nosed : adj tough and shrewd
- As in closed-minded : adj stubborn
- As in inelastic : adj unflexible
- As in pertinacious : adj bullheaded
- As in single-minded : adj resolute
- As in unalterable : adj not changeable
- As in unshakable : adj steady
- As in adamantine : adj stubborn
- As in hard-bitten : adj hard
- As in hidebound : adj intolerant
- As in incompliant : adj stubborn
- As in adamant : adj unyielding
- As in rightist : adj conservative
- As in traditionalist : adj conservative
- As in traditionalistic : adj conservative
- As in unbendable : adj stubborn
- As in uncompliant : adj stubborn
- As in conservative : adj cautious, moderate, tending to preserve the status quo
- As in contumacious : adj headstrong, obstinate
- As in conventional : adj unoriginal
- As in decided : adj determined, strong-willed
- As in die-hard : adj uncompromising
- As in doctrinaire : adj dogmatic, opinionated
- As in dogged : adj determined, persistent
- As in firm : adj unalterable, definite
- As in fixed : adj intent, resolute; established
- As in flinty : adj stern
- As in forced : adj compulsory, strained
- As in hard : adj rocklike
- As in hard-boiled : adj tough
- As in hard-line : adj firm
- As in immovable : adj fixed, stubborn
- As in immutable : adj unchangeable
- As in implacable : adj merciless, cruel
Synonyms for in flexible
- abiding
- absolute
- accurate
- acrimonious
- adamant
- adamantine
- affected
- ageless
- agreed
- alienated
- all locked up
- allegiant
- aloof
- angular
- antipathetic
- apathetic
- arbitrary
- ardent
- arranged
- artificial
- artless
- ascetic
- assertive
- assured
- astringent
- austere
- authoritarian
- authoritative
- averse
- balky
- beeline
- begrudging
- bent
- biased
- bigoted
- binding
- biting
- bitter
- blank
- blind to
- bold
- bossy
- bouldered
- bound
- bound and determined
- bourgeois
- brassbound
- brawny
- brick-wall
- brutal
- bullhead
- bullheaded
- burdensome
- by the book
- by the numbers
- callous
- cantankerous
- careful
- careless
- carved in stone
- case-hardened
- caustic
- ceremonious
- certain
- changeless
- chauvinistic
- chilly
- chiseled
- choosy
- circumscribed
- clashing
- clasped
- clinging
- close
- close-fitting
- close-minded
- cocksure
- cocky
- coerced
- coercive
- coherent
- cohesive
- cold
- cold fish
- cold-blooded
- coldhearted
- collinear
- commonplace
- communist
- compact
- compacted
- compatible
- compelled
- compelling
- compressed
- compulsory
- conceited
- concentrated
- conclusive
- conditioned
- confining
- confirmed
- conforming
- conscripted
- consecutive
- conservative
- consistent
- consolidated
- consonant
- constant
- constrained
- constricted
- contemptuous
- continuing
- continuous
- contracted
- contradictory
- contrary
- contrived
- controlled
- contumacious
- conventional
- convinced
- convincing
- correct
- courageous
- craggy
- cramped
- crisp
- crowded
- cruel
- cussed
- cutting
- dead set
- dead set on
- deaf to
- decided
- decisive
- decreed
- dedicated
- defined
- definite
- definitive
- deliberate
- demanding
- demure
- dense
- dependable
- desperate
- destined
- determinate
- determined
- diametrically opposed
- dictated
- dictative
- dictatorial
- die-hard
- direct
- disaffected
- disapproving
- disciplinary
- discordant
- discrepant
- disdainful
- dissonant
- distant
- do or die
- doctrinaire
- doctrinal
- dogged
- dogmatic
- doomed
- dour
- draconian
- drastic
- drawing
- drawn
- drippy
- dug in
- durable
- dyed-in-the-wool
- earnest
- emphatic
- enduring
- enforced
- equable
- erect
- established
- estranged
- even
- exact
- exacting
- explicit
- expressionless
- extremist
- factious
- factitious
- faithful
- false
- fanatical
- fast
- fated
- fateful
- fearful
- ferocious
- fibrous
- fierce
- final
- finicky
- firm
- fit
- fixed
- flat
- flinty
- fogyish
- for certain
- forbidding
- forced
- forceful
- foreordained
- formal
- forward
- fractious
- frigid
- froward
- frowning
- fuddy-duddy
- fussy
- genteel
- go for broke
- going
- grave
- grim
- grudging
- guarded
- guileless
- habitual
- hackneyed
- hang in
- hang tough
- hang-tough
- hanging tough
- hard
- hard as nails
- hard hat
- hard-and-fast
- hard-bitten
- hard-boiled
- hard-core
- hard-handed
- hard-hearted
- hard-line
- hard-nosed
- hard-shell
- hard-shelled
- hardened
- hardheaded
- hardhearted
- hardy
- harsh
- hateful
- haughty
- headstrong
- heady
- healthy
- heartless
- hell bent on
- hesitant
- hidebound
- high-handed
- hold one's ground
- hold the fort
- hold the line
- holding to
- homogeneous
- horizontal
- hostile
- humdrum
- illiberal
- immalleable
- imminent
- immobile
- immotile
- immovable
- immutable
- impassive
- impending
- impenetrable
- impenitent
- implacable
- impliable
- impractical
- impregnable
- in a line
- in a row
- in a rut
- in line
- in rut
- in the bag
- inalterable
- inclement
- incompatible
- incompliant
- incongruous
- inconsiderate
- inconsistent
- incorrigible
- indefatigable
- indifferent
- indigestible
- indignant
- indisposed
- individualistic
- indomitable
- inductile
- indurate
- indurated
- inelastic
- ineluctable
- ineludible
- inescapable
- inevitable
- inexorable
- inextensible
- inflexible
- inharmonious
- inhuman
- insensate
- insensible
- insensitive
- insentient
- insincere
- insistent
- insubordinate
- insular
- insurgent
- intemperate
- intense
- intent
- intent upon
- intractable
- intransigent
- intrepid
- inured
- invariable
- inveterate
- involuntary
- invulnerable
- irate
- iron
- iron-fisted
- iron-handed
- iron-jawed
- ironclad
- ironfisted
- ironhanded
- irreconcilable
- irresistible
- irreversible
- irrevocable
- irritable
- isolationist
- jagged
- jaundiced
- labored
- lame
- lapidarian
- leathery
- level
- liege
- like an arrow
- like death and taxes
- limited
- lineal
- linear
- literal
- lithic
- loath
- locked
- locked in
- loyal
- lusty
- magisterial
- mandatory
- mannered
- mean
- mean business
- meaning business
- merciless
- methodical
- meticulous
- middle-of-the-road
- mighty
- militant
- moderate
- molded
- monolithic
- monotonous
- moral
- mortal
- mortified
- motionless
- mule
- mulish
- mutinous
- nar
- narrow
- narrow-minded
- near
- necessary
- negative
- negativistic
- never-failing
- nice
- no going back
- no ifs ands or buts
- no-nonsense
- nonflexible
- nonstop
- normal
- not extreme
- not heretical
- obdurate
- obligatory
- obsessed
- obstinate
- of a piece
- old guard
- old line
- old-line
- one-sided
- onerous
- opinionated
- opinionative
- opposed
- oppressive
- oracular
- ordained
- ordered
- orderly
- ornery
- orthodox
- ossified
- outraged
- overbearing
- packed
- parochial
- partial
- particular
- pat
- pebbly
- pedestrian
- peremptory
- permanent
- perpendicular
- perpetual
- perseverant
- perseverative
- persevering
- persistent
- persisting
- persnickety
- pertinacious
- perverse
- petrified
- petrous
- philistine
- picky
- pig-headed
- pigheaded
- pitiless
- planned
- plumb
- poignant
- pompous
- positive
- possessive
- powerful
- pragmatic
- pragmatical
- prearranged
- precipitous
- precise
- prejudiced
- prescribed
- prevailing
- priggish
- prim
- prissy
- proper
- prosaic
- pugnacious
- punctilious
- puritanical
- purposeful
- quick
- quiescent
- quiet
- racialist
- racist
- rancorous
- reactionary
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- rectilineal
- rectilinear
- redneck
- refractory
- regular
- relentless
- reliable
- reluctant
- remorseless
- reserved
- resilient
- resistant
- resolute
- resolved
- restive
- restricted
- retentive
- rigged
- right
- right of center
- right-wing
- rightist
- rigid
- rigorous
- robust
- rock-ribbed
- rockbound
- rocky
- rooted
- rough
- routine
- rube
- ruffianly
- rugged
- run-of-the-mill
- running
- ruthless
- sacrosanct
- same
- satirical
- savage
- scathing
- scrupulous
- seasoned
- secure
- seditious
- self-assertive
- self-willed
- serious
- set
- set in concrete
- set in one's ways
- set in stone
- set-on
- set-up
- settled
- severe
- sheer
- short
- short-fuse
- sinewy
- single-minded
- skintight
- slave
- small-minded
- smooth
- snappy
- sober
- solemn
- solid
- somber
- soulless
- sound
- specific
- speculative
- spiritless
- spunky
- square
- stable
- stalwart
- stand one's ground
- stand pat
- standing one's ground
- standing pat
- standpat
- starched
- starchy
- stated
- static
- stationary
- staunch
- steadfast
- steady
- steeled
- steely
- stereotyped
- stern
- stick to guns
- sticking to one's guns
- stickling
- stiff
- stiff-necked
- still
- stilted
- stipulated
- stonelike
- stony
- stop at nothing
- stout
- straight
- straight-laced
- straightforward
- strained
- strait-laced
- strapping
- stretched
- strict
- stringent
- strong
- strong-minded
- strong-willed
- stubborn
- stubborn as a mule
- stuck
- stuffy
- stupid
- sturdy
- successive
- sure
- symmetrical
- systematic
- taut
- tenacious
- tense
- terrible
- thick
- thick-skinned
- through
- tight
- tight-lipped
- tightened
- tilted
- timid
- torpid
- Tory
- tough
- tough as nails
- tough nut
- tough nut to crack
- tough-minded
- toughened
- traditional
- traditionalist
- traditionalistic
- tried-and-true
- true
- true-blue
- trustworthy
- trusty
- ultraconservative
- unadaptable
- unaffected
- unalterable
- unappeasable
- unavoidable
- unbendable
- unbending
- unbent
- unblinking
- unbreakable
- unbroken
- uncaring
- unchangeable
- unchanging
- uncharitable
- uncompassionate
- uncompliant
- uncompromising
- unconcerned
- uncontrollable
- uncooperative
- uncreative
- uncurled
- undaring
- undaunted
- undeniable
- undesigning
- undeviating
- undistorted
- undiversified
- uneasy
- unemotional
- unfailing
- unfair
- unfaltering
- unfeeling
- unflagging
- unflappable
- unflexible
- unflinching
- unfluctuating
- unforbearing
- unforgetful
- unforgiving
- unfriendly
- ungainly
- ungiving
- ungraceful
- unhesitating
- uniform
- unimaginative
- unimpressible
- unimpressionable
- unindulgent
- uninterrupted
- unmanageable
- unmodifiable
- unmovable
- unmoving
- unnatural
- unpermissive
- unpredictable
- unpreventable
- unprogressive
- unqualified
- unquestioning
- unrealistic
- unreasonable
- unreconstructed
- unrelaxed
- unrelenting
- unrelieved
- unresponsive
- unruly
- unsentimental
- unshakable
- unshaken
- unsinkable
- unsmiling
- unsparing
- unstoppable
- unsusceptible
- unswayable
- unswerving
- unsympathetic
- untoward
- unvarying
- unwavering
- unwilling
- unyielding
- upright
- upset
- uptight
- valiant
- valid
- vertical
- vicious
- vigorous
- vindictive
- violent
- waspish
- weighted
- well-balanced
- well-proportioned
- white bread
- wholehearted
- willful
- without recourse
- withstanding
- wooden
- worked-up
- written
- xenophobic
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